No. The COI page in Cayuse SP is answered for each proposal separately. Each person on the research team must still complete the UNT Significant Financial Interest Disclosure (SFID) form at the beginning of each Fiscal Year. Visit the Research Integrity & Compliance website for more information about the SFID form and UNT Conflict of Interest policies.

If you cannot locate your sponsor, search again with keywords ‘Sponsor Not Found’, select ‘0_Sponsor Not Found_Contact OGCA to add in Cayuse’ and continue with your proposal. If you cannot locate your subcontractor, search again with keywords ‘Subcontractor Not Found’, select ‘0_Subcontractor Not Found_Contact OGCA to add in Cayuse’ continue with your proposal, and be sure to upload all subcontractor attachments.

Routing and Approval

Proposal materials may be sent directly to OGCA without department and college review if the Principal Investigator/s certify on the proposal routing that they are not requesting from the department or college (i) any cost share or match, (ii) buy-out or release from teaching, (iii) new or renovated space, or (iv) modification of indirect cost (F&A/IDC) distribution.

If the proposal notes or implies one or a combination of the four items above, department/s and college/s will be required to approve the proposal.

Lead PI and other members of the Research Team certify the proposal

Chair of each member of the Research Team Department approves

Dean/Designee approves

Office of Grants and Contracts Administration (OGCA) reviews for approvals

To route proposal materials directly to OGCA, SELECT ‘OGCA- Grant & Contract Admin’ as the *Award Admin Dept in the General Information section of the Cayuse SP electronic proposal record. After OGCA has electronically received the completed Cayuse SP proposal record, a GCS will change the *Award Admin Dept to show the PI’s home department.

After a proposal has been submitted for routing, each PI receives a notification that he/she must certify the proposal. Each PI must log into Cayuse SP and click their ‘PI Certification Inbox’ (located on the Home page, under Certifications/Approvals) to access the proposal to be certified. Click on the proposal number, and certify the electronic proposal as a member of the Research Team.

Yes. When the Lead PI logs into Cayuse SP he/she will see a notification in both the ‘PI Certification Inbox’ and ‘Dept Approval Inbox’. First access the ‘PI Certification Inbox’ to certify the electronic proposal as a member of the Research Team, and then access the ‘Dept Approval Inbox’ and approve.

To allocate credit for Research Team members with dual appointments, add the faculty member to the Research Team twice. Once under his/her primary department, with the appropriate allocation of credit, and again under the secondary department, with the remaining allocation of credit. The split allocation of credit must be the same percentage split as the PI’s official UNT appointment.